Shoji Hamada - The Art of Fire: Selections from the Dr John P. Driscoll Collection London Wednesday, November 10, 2021 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Paterson's Gallery, London
    Agatha Walker collection, acquired from the above, 1923
    Bonhams, New Bond Street, 'International Contemporary Ceramics', 19 September 2006, lot 40

  • Exhibited

    'Pioneers: 101 years of the Leach Pottery', Court Barn, Chipping Campden, 10 July-25 September 2021

  • Catalogue Essay

    The underside of the foot still retains most of the original price label from Paterson's Gallery, 5 Old Bond Street, 1923, which was Hamada's first solo exhibition in London and the very first solo show of contemporary studio pottery in a Bond Street gallery.

5

Early vase with carved design

1923
Stoneware, carved porcelain slip beneath a clear glaze.
20 cm (7 7/8 in.) high, 20 cm (7 7/8 in.) diameter
Impressed with artist's and Leach Pottery seals.

Estimate
£4,000 - 6,000 

Sold for £8,190

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The Art of Fire: Selections from the Dr John P. Driscoll Collection

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